Comparison

BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing vs hang!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing

Log your bouldering ascents, draw routes on photos of your wall, and track your progress. Connect with friends, compete on leaderboards, and discover new projects. All features are free, with an optional tipping option to support development.

Highlights
  • Draw boulders on wall photos
  • Smart hold detection
  • Log ascents with grades and styles
  • Filter and sort boulders
  • Build project lists
  • Climb leaderboards
  • Track personal climbing stats
Features
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The spray wall app your whole crew uses for free. BoulderBook saves every boulder on your spraywall, board or home wall right on a photo of the wall – no subscription, no paid wall setup, no ads. Made by climbers for climbers, in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Czech. DRAW BOULDERS IN SECONDS • Snap a photo of your wall and tap the holds – smart hold detection snaps each tap to the hold • Mark start holds, top and feet; set foothold rules and matching • Number the holds so everyone climbs the exact same sequence LOG EVERY SEND • Tick boulders as flash or redpoint and rate the grade • Thumbs up the best lines, add style tags like crimpy, slopey or dyno • Font or V-scale grades – switch any time FIND YOUR NEXT PROJECT • Browse every boulder on your wall and filter by grade, wall, style tags and what you've already sent • Sort by newest, hardest, easiest or most popular • Build project lists, share public lists or create collaborative circuits with friends CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD • Season rankings for boulderers and setters at your gym • Medals for the season's top three • Global ranking across all gyms KNOW YOUR LEVEL • Season score, grade pyramid and style breakdown • Personal insights: hardest send, flash ceiling and more • Your complete climbing history in one place STAY IN THE LOOP • Live activity feed of flashes, tops and new boulders • Gym chat and comments with photos and GIFs • Push notifications when someone comments or reacts to your boulders FOR EVERY WALL Commercial gyms, climbing clubs and private home walls – set up your gym in a minute, keep it public or invite only your crew. Find gyms near you on the map. Every feature is free for everyone. If BoulderBook helps your climbing, an optional tip in the app keeps it running. Questions or ideas? Use the feedback button in the app – we read everything.

About

hang!

This app helps climbers train smarter with customizable hangboard timers. Organize workouts into folders, log sessions with notes and RPE, and sync with Apple Health for progress tracking. Designed for efficiency, it streamlines your training routine.

Highlights
  • Customizable hang and rest timers
  • Workout organization by focus
  • Session logging with notes and RPE
  • Apple Health synchronization
  • Climber-designed interface
Features
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Crush Your Training with hang! - The Hangboard App Built for Climbers Trying to level up your climbing? hang! helps you train smarter, not just harder. Whether you're gunning for your next redpoint, piecing together a project, or just keeping those fingers crimp-ready, hang! has you covered. Here's What Makes hang! a Go-To: - Custom Timers That Fit Your Style: Max hangs, repeaters, whatever your thing is - set your own hang time, rest, and reps. No more tweaking stopwatches. - Train From Your Wrist: Your timers sync straight to the Apple Watch app. Run the whole session from your wrist with haptics, live heart rate, and the workout saved to Apple Health. - Organize Like a Pro: Group your timers into folders by focus - power endurance, warm-ups, finger strength - so you're not digging through a mess every session. - Log It or Lose It: Keep track of every session. Add notes, log RPE, and see your progress stack up over time. - Apple Health Sync: Your workouts automatically show up in Apple Health - helpful for tracking overall load and recovery. - Simple, Fast, No B.S. Designed by climbers who'd rather be training than tapping through menus. Whether you're training for comps, chasing your first V5, or just trying to stay strong between weekend trips - hang! keeps you dialed in and ready to send. Download hang! and get after it.

Screenshots

BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing4 screens
hang!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: hang! at 5.0 against BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing's 4.1. hang! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. hang! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

hang! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing's written reviews are positive against 100% of hang!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing ships an update every 3 days, hang! every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing versus hang!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoulderBook Spraywall Climbinghang!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (11 ratings)5.0 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1133 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorian ZindelPawel Burda

Customer experience

BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%

hang!

All ratings30 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing

One-time9
  • BoulderBook Unterstützer$1.00
  • Tip: a coffee$1.99
  • Tip: a bag of chalk$3.99
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  • BoulderBook Supporter$3.99
  • BoulderBook Unterstützer$4.00
  • Trinkgeld: Pizza nach der Session$8.99
  • BoulderBook Unterstützer$9.00
  • Tip: a gym day pass$17.99
  • BoulderBook Unterstützer$18.00
None

hang!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing free?
BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is hang! free?
hang! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing or hang!?
hang! is rated higher. BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing averages 4.1 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while hang! averages 5.0 from 33 ratings.
Do BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing or hang! have ads?
Neither BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing nor hang! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing or hang!?
BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing ships an update every 3 days, and hang! every 5 weeks. Most recently, BoulderBook Spraywall Climbing was updated on November 6, 2026 and hang! on October 30, 2026.

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